greatest boxer of all time???

Question

for sure has to be mohammed ali

Answer 1

Greb, Robinson, Louis, Ali, Pep, Armstrong. These are 6 top fighters of all time. Ali is my top boxer of all time. Fastest big man.

Answer 2

Sunny ~
You ask a question then you make a statement regarding your question, if you already know the answer why ask? This question has been asked here more times than "What if Tyson and Ali fought in their primes?" When anyone ask this question there's always three names that are brought up Ali, Armstrong and Robinson.

Ali said he was "The Greatest" Armstrong did some great things, like holding three titles at the same time in three different weight divisions, but Sugar Ray Robinson was is the Greatest fighter of all time his record eclipses Ali, Ray had twice as many knockouts than Ali had fights.

This debate will go on forever, but historians and Sports Writers of America unanimously agree Sugar Ray was the greatest fighter of all time.

Thanks for the question Sonny.

Answer 3

Sugar Ray Robinson is the Greatest Boxer of All Time... Even Muhammed Ali admitted it pound for pound sugar ray was the greatest... During his era the middleweight division was extremely competitive... how do you win your first 100 fights before you lose... Sugar Ray Robinson was the perfect balance of power and finese... he was the hard hitter and the fast hands body puncher... the guy could dodge and had the quickest feet... Thats why Sugar Ray was the greatest... Jake Lamotta is next in line... 30 year boxing career and you're never knockd down thats crazy

Answer 4

I am sure I'll be in the minority here but I would rather watch Marvin Haggler than any other man I have seen in the ring before or since. IMO he may have been the most dangerous man pound for pound to ever box. Besides, I like his style. He knew when to quit...

BTW, I am a Vietnam vet and I hold no animosity toward Ali. He refused the draft and went to jail for his principles. I can respect that and I see no cowardice there. He didn't go to Canada and he didn't go to England and organize protests against what I was doing.

Answer 5

The question was who was the greatest boxer of all time, not who was the greatest boxer (pound for pound) For all of you who voted Sugar Ray Leonard....If Sugar Ray and Ali had met, Ali would have eventually caught him and knocked him out.

Answer 6

Like our asker here, a lot of people will make a case for Muhammad Ali. But Ali was more than boxing. In fact, he was bigger than boxing. He was a man of the world, an ambassador of goodwill who used the boxing ring to make known his advocacies of peace and equality of mankind. He was also a self-made promoter and salesman for the sport that, in time, boxing would be transformed from "red-light district sport", as writer Jimmy Cannon put it, to a more humane and wholesome sport. With that in mind, I would rather say that Ali is the greatest ATHLETE of all time.

The greatest boxer of all time tag should belong to Sugar Ray Robinson. He was the perfect boxer. Fundamentally sound. Ver fast and very strong. Even Ali idolized him. Robinson had all the offensive tools in his arsenal. He had very quick hands and feet, knockout power in both fists and punched in sustained combinations, with devastating results. He won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions and could have won the light-heavyweight title had he not succumbed to heat exhaustion. He was the best "pound-for-pound" even before the term was invented. Like Ali, he was also involved in some of the best fights in his division, especially his fights with Jake La Motta.

Answer 7

By era it's:
John L.
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsy
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Mohammed Ali
Evander Holyfield
and by default Lennox Lewis.

The only one of them that wouldn't have lost to Ali by a wide margin is Jack Johnson, the rest can't hold a candle to Ali in his prime. Since Ali took out the likes of Liston & Forman, you got to believe he would have got to Johnson as well.

The Cuban Stevenson gets and honorable mention, Ali keeps the title as the Greatest.

Answer 8

Sugar Ray Robinson

Answer 9

You have to look at the boxers whole career. this is the one reason why I do not choose Ali. I would have to say Roy Jones Jr. he started his career at middle weight, dominated the division, moved on and dominated the next. he continued this trend until he won the heavyweight title. then he made an error by trying to go back down. if you saw the fight vs Ruiz. he was 215 of solid muscle. everything he lost for the Tarver fight was water weight. you can't do that to your body and expect good things. But until that 2nd Traver fight he was hands down the most dominate fighter ever. yes he was knocked out a few times after that. but that was in the late stages of his career. Ali was knocked out several times all through his career. Jones Jr wasn't even touched in 50 fights until he made his mistake by trying to return to light heavy. had he only went to cruserweight, he would still be dominating uncontested. Ali was a good fighter, but he never accomplished what Roy did.

Answer 10

Muhammed Ali; Without question he had it all, #2 Sugar Ray Robinson.